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Class: Communications. Destination: Medium Earth Orbit. Nation: France. Agency: CNES.

Gathered data from meteorological balloon system.

Typical orbit: 634 km x 750 km at 15 degrees inclination. Mass: 70 kg (154 lb).

Peole Chronology

1970 December 12 - Peole - Launch Site: Kourou. Launch Complex: Diamant. Launch Vehicle: Diamant. Mass: 70 kg (154 lb). Perigee: 634 km (393 mi). Apogee: 750 km (460 mi). Inclination: 15.00 deg. Period: 98.60 min.
Gathered data from meteorological balloon system.

Bibliography:

McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. Web Address when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html.
McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. Web Address when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html.

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